#986DCE#986DCE

#986DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.147 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986DCE
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 36.59, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 57.29, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0797 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.147 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5557, 22.0689, 61.0832)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986DCE #A3CE6D

analogous

#6D73CE #986DCE #C96DCE

triadic

#986DCE #CE986D #6DCE98

tetradic

#986DCE #CE6D73 #A3CE6D #6DCEC9

square

#986DCE #CE6D73 #A3CE6D #6DCEC9

split-complementary

#986DCE #CEC96D #73CE6D

monochromatic

#5B3090 #7840BE #986DCE #B89BDD #D9C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#986DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#986DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986DCE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986DCE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5180D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.147 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898dd',
    500: '#986dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986dce;
$custom-light: #b898dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986DCE

secondary

#CDDDB9

accent

#BD287B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986DCE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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